Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China by Leta Hong Fincher

1 review

atsundarsingh's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This was incredibly depressing. Somehow, I had been under the impression that Chinese patriarchy was a little more passive than this, but nope! The activists described/interviewed here are giving up comfort and stability to push back against active repression, persecution, and harassment by the Chinese government. The things they went through during and after their imprisonment are not things I'm soon likely to forget. Whether or not you work on Women, Gender, Sexuality & History like I do, you should read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence